meditate
verbEtymology
First attested in 1560; borrowed from Latin meditātus, perfect active participle of meditor (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), morphologically as if frequentative of medeor (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Ancient Greek μελετάω (meletáō, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
- borrowed from meditātus
Definitions
To contemplate
To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.
To consider
To consider; to reflect on.
- He lay and meditated the sluggishness of his bowels. This created pictures of chrome and porcelain and attendant circumstances.
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Meditated.
The neighborhood
- neighbormeditative
- neighbormeditation
- neighbormeditator
Derived
meditater, meditatingly, meditatist, nonmeditating, remeditate
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA